THE KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM

In May 2003 I visited the best van Gogh Museum in the world, the Kröller-Müller Museum, located in the heart of De Hoge Veluwe National Park. The museum is easily accessible by car and by public transport. I took the train from Amsterdam, and then a local bus took me from the train station to the museum.

It is an experience that no art lover should miss.

It took me almost 20 years to post the pictures as I had them in storage and found them only recently. As you can see from the pictures, van Gogh’s art is captivating no matter what the subject, the materials used, or the circumstances under which the painter produced the work.

All the photographs published in this post were taken and edited by me.

Self-portrait (detail)

April -June 1887
Oil on cardboard

32,4 × 24 cm

KM 105.833

Four sunflowers gone to seed

August-October 1887
Oil on canvas

59,5 x 99,5 cm

KM 105.570

Windmills at Dordrecht (Weeskinderendijk)

Pencil, black and green chalk, wash, pen and brush in ink, and opaque watercolour on laid paper

25,7 x 59,8 cm

KM 126.249

Road with pollard willows

Black chalk and charcoal on laid paper

43,8 x 59,2 cm

KM 121.986

Pollard willows at sunset

Oil on canvas on cardboard

31,6 x 34,3 cm

KM 107.313

Head of a woman

Pen in black ink (faded to brown in places), and wash on wove paper

21,1 x 13,5 cm

KM 128.378

Portrait of Dr Gachet (‘L’Homme à la pipe’)

Etching on wove paper

32,4 x 25 cm

KM 116.945

Sorrowful old man

Pencil, black lithographic chalk, wash, and white opaque watercolour on watercolour paper

44,5 x 47,1 cm

KM 124.396

Portrait of Joseph-Michel Ginoux – detail

Oil on canvas

65,3 x 54,4 cm

KM 103.189

The sower (after Millet)

Oil on canvas

64 x 55 cm

KM 110.673

The Sower

17-28 June 1888
Oil on canvas

64,2 x 80,3 cm

KM 106.399

Portrait of a young woman

Oil on canvas

51,9 x 49,5 cm

KM 106.498

Interior of a restaurant

Oil on canvas

45,5 x 56 cm

KM 110.328

Basket of lemons and bottle

Oil on canvas

53,9 x 64,3 cm

KM 111.196

Still life with a plate of onions

Oil on canvas

49,5 x 64,4 cm

KM 111.075

Terrace of a café at night (Place du Forum)

Oil on canvas

80,7 x 65,3 cm

KM 108.565

Olive grove

July 1889
Oil on canvas

72,4 x 91,9 cm

KM 104.278

Orchard bordered by cypresses (detail)

April 1888
Oil on canvas

64,9 x 81,2 cm

KM 108.685

Pink peach trees (‘Souvenir de Mauve’) – detail

30 March 1888
Oil on canvas

73 × 60 cm

KM 108.317